{{Infobox settlement |name = Sekirani |official_name = |other_name = |native_name = Секирани |nickname = |settlement_type = Village <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = North Macedonia |pushpin_map_caption = Location within North Macedonia |pushpin_label_position = top <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_mapsize = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{NMK}} |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = 15px Pelagonia |subdivision_type2 = Municipality |subdivision_name2 = 13px Bitola <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = <!--Enter: Imperial, to display imperial before metric--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = <!-- ALL fields with measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on unit conversion--> |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = <!-- Elevation --------------------------> |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |elevation_max_m = |elevation_max_ft = |elevation_min_m = |elevation_min_ft = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = 2002 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 114 |timezone = CET |utc_offset = +1 |timezone_DST = CEST |utc_offset_DST = +2 |coor_type = <!-- can be used to specify what the coordinates refer to --> |coordinates = {{Coord|41|02|N|21|16|E|display=title|region:MK_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}} <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |website = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |footnotes = }} '''Sekirani''' (Macedonian Cyrillic: Секирани) is a village {{convert|11.84|km|mi}} away from Bitola, which is the second-largest city in North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Kukurečani.
==Demographics== Sekirani is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467/68 as a village in the vilayet of Manastir. The names attested were almost entirely Slavic in character, while a small minority of inhabitants bore Albanian and mixed Slavic-Albanian anthroponyms.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Murati |first1=Qemal| journal=Studime Albanologjike|title=EMRA VETJAKË TË PROVENIENCËS SHQIPTARE NË VILAJETIN E MANASTIRIT NË DRITËN E DEFTERËVE OSMANË TË SHEK. XV |date=2022 |publisher=ITSH|pages=30|quote=SEKIRANI Dimitri, i biri i Kojo-s; Dimitri, i biri i Bojko-s; Dimto, i biri i Dimitri-t; Kojko, i biri i Dimitri-t.s}}</ref>
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 114 inhabitants.<ref name = Statisticaloffice/> Ethnic groups in the village include:<ref name = Statisticaloffice>Macedonian Census (2002), [http://www.stat.gov.mk/publikacii/knigaX.pdf ''Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion''], The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 128.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://makedonija.name/municipalities/bitola/sekirani|title = Sekirani Bitola, Macedonia - Sekirani Bitola | Sekirani map}}</ref>
*Macedonians 114
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Villages in Bitola Municipality
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